winter wind
the last leaf now
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In NaHaiWriMo anthology Jumble Box (ed. Michael Dylan Welch, artwork Ron C. Moss, Press Here, 2017)
Tag Archives: NaHaiWriMo
‘olive press’
olive press
in the Cretan mountains
liquid gold
.
Prompt: oil
‘nature’s numbers’
nature’s numbers
the infinite sweetness
of cup-shaped blooms
‘prime meridian’
prime meridian
the appeal of parallel
lives
.
Prompt: mirror
‘speed of light’
speed of light the liquidity of our dreams
.
Prompts:
seize the poem: ripples
NaHaiWriMo: liquid
Photo: From the Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt.
‘lighthouse’
lighthouse
one cold wave
after another
.
Prompt: liquid
‘head in the clouds?’
head in the clouds?
still waiting for the voice
from heaven
.
Prompt: kickbacks
Photo: 29 November 2014 in Augsburg. First Advent, the Engelspiel, at the marketplace.
There is a video of this event (Engelspiel) from previous years here
Also a description of the Christmas market, or Christkindlesmarkt, as it is called, here
‘winter stew’
winter stew…
releasing the gist
of the story
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: kitchen
‘sunset years’
sunset years
the effort of sitting up
straight
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: King (?)
‘new mother —’
new mother —
unwrapping a gift without
instructions
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jargon
‘broken mirror…’
broken mirror…
autumn gusts ripple
the lake
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jinxed
‘forget-me-nots’
forget-me-nots
the well-thumbed corners
of my diary
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: journal
‘morning stroll…’
morning stroll…
letting the joggers
overtake
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jog
Photo: River Ammer, Ettal valley.
‘jewel in the crown’
jewel in the crown
the last few days
in the sun
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jewellry
Photo: Stella Pierides, the storks in Ottmarshausen, Neusaess.
‘night chill’
night chill…
all the refugees asleep
behind bars
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Jail
‘berries falling down…’
berries falling down…
scents from the marsh floor
all jumbled up
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jumble
‘growing pains’
growing pains —
the destroying angel
under the bell jar
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: jar
For ‘destroying angel’ see here
‘lost in thought’
lost in thought —
a train thunders past
stubble fields
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: infinite
‘the short glide’
the short glide
into autumn —
hermit ibis
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: ibis
‘their stories’
their stories
in my bones —
harvest moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: inherit
‘dream ivy’
dream ivy
clinging without
clinging
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: ivy
‘harvest trail’
harvest trail
the iridescent properties
of hope
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: iris
.
Photo taken in Faversham, Kent.
‘lunchtime concert’
St Martin-in-the-Fields lunchtime concerts are a treat! Check them out here
NaHaiWriMo prompt: incognito
‘icon’
‘from the source’
Photo: In front of the Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
Prompt: NaHaiWriMo, hint.
‘late afternoon’
Photo: At Lake Woerthsee, near Seefeld, Bavaria.
‘heave and landslip’
heave an landslip
the clay’s slow
breathing
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: landslip
‘joined at the hip’
joined at the hip
the red currants I forgot
to harvest
.
Photo taken summer 2014 in a quiet corner of Augsburg.
Prompt: NaHaiWriMo, hyphenate.
‘hiking —’
hiking —
for a moment the door
swings open
.
I took this photo on a walk round Lake Schliersee, in the Bavarian Alps. Beautiful lake!
half truths…
Stella Pierides 